Patient Care

This page includes news coverage of various aspects of patient healthcare, including new technology innovations, what is working, what is not, personalized medicine and remote and telemedicine delivery. Find specific news in the areas of Care DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

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ASPC launches new journal focused on preventive cardiology

The open-access, peer-reviewed journal will cover “all salient matters pertaining to the prevention of cardiovascular disease.”

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Use a wearable? Share your data with researchers fighting flu, COVID

Scripps Research is recruiting volunteers to contribute anonymized data on their resting heart rate and, optionally, to report signs of viral illness like fever or coughing.

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Call for COVID-19 help goes out from New York to techies wherever they are

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is looking for skilled IT workers to volunteer for 90-day stints as members of a COVID-19 “technology SWAT team.”

IBM, MIT, other heavy hitters join White House’s push to counter COVID-19 with supercomputing

The White House is working with IBM and the U.S. Department of Energy to launch a sprawling public-private consortium aimed at rapidly “unleashing the full capacity of America’s world-class supercomputers” to fight COVID-19.

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Inexpensive AI-outfitted box looks, listens for respiratory infection in crowds

The idea is to initially place the device in medical waiting areas, from where it would help prepare staff for caseload ebbs and flows. Later it might be set in larger public spaces, helping to monitor epidemiological trends at the population level.

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Facing the future: 4 key takeaways from the 2020 Cardiovascular Leadership Survey

A new survey from Cardiovascular Business examines the attitudes and priorities of leaders in cardiology and other specialties, shining light on how patient care may evolve in the years ahead.

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Healthcare tops industries as most targeted for cyberattacks

Healthcare organizations are a top target for cyberattacks, more so than any other industry, according to the latest Beazley Breach Briefing.

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OSF Healthcare leverages virtual assistant in screening for COVID–19

OSF Health is leveraging AI to help patients better understand the risks of contracting COVID-19 and navigate care types based on their symptoms.